Building better Go programs

README.md

Profiling

• https://go.dev/doc/diagnostics#profiling
• https://go.dev/blog/pprof
• https://pkg.go.dev/runtime/pprof
• https://github.com/google/pprof/blob/main/doc/README.md
• https://help.apple.com/instruments/mac/current/
• https://www.brendangregg.com/flamegraphs.html

Profile-Guided Optimization (1.20)

• https://go.dev/doc/pgo
• https://pkg.go.dev/runtime/pprof
• https://pkg.go.dev/net/http/pprof

Tracing

• https://go.dev/doc/diagnostics#tracing
• https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/trace

Debugging

• https://go.dev/doc/diagnostics#debugging
• https://github.com/go-delve/delve
• https://go.dev/doc/gdb
• go build -gcflags=all="-N -l"
• go build -gcflags="-dwarflocationlists=true"

Runtime statistics and events

• https://go.dev/doc/diagnostics#runtime
• https://pkg.go.dev/runtime#hdr-Environment_Variables

Testing/Coverage/Fuzzing (1.19)

• https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/fuzz
• https://go.dev/security/fuzz/
• https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/TableDrivenTests
• https://google.github.io/oss-fuzz/
• https://go.dev/testing/coverage/

Generics (1.18)

• https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/generics

Vulnerabilities

• https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck
• https://go.dev/blog/vuln
• https://go.dev/security/vuln/
• https://vuln.go.dev
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/
• https://go.dev/security/vuln/database
• https://github.com/google/osv-scanner
• https://osv.dev